2746 20 77831 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 25.10.1896 Proper date: 25.10.1896 Description An account of the resource The report deals specifically with Buem and Adele. Mohr lists the Buem villages he knows of: Worawora, with 2 villages Apeso, NNE of Worawora, with 2 villages Asato, Kagyabi, Nsuta NE and E of Worawora Tapa-Amanya, W of Worawora with 8 small villages Kugye Guaman Gyasekan the larger (this is the one with a catechist) Gyasekan the smaller Kwamekrom, Aka, Atonko, WSW of Worawora Borada Bowuri, with 3 villages Apafo, with 2 villages Santrokofi, with 3 villages Tetemang, with 3 villages Beyika. The most populous place is Apafo, the villages along the Volta from Kwamekrom northwards are scantily peopled, those lying on the west, on the other hand are more populous. The Santrokofi villages were partly in ruins. He did not have time to visit Akabu, which in time may cone to belong to Buem (he presumably means here the Buem missionary district). To the east Akposo seems to be an Ewe language and therefore a Bremen area. Krakye, however, thinly populated, could also be taken as a part of the Buem missionary district. In Krakye the most populous place is Kete, but that is such a jumble of different languages, and the population is so constantly changing, that it would be difficult to carry on mission work from there. You meet many Twi- and Ga-speaking people in Kete, but it is very difficult to find out about their background, or their present activities. Distribution of languages in Buem - Twi spoken in Worawora and its two villages (though still there is much Sephana spoken in the area). Tapa and 3 of its villages, Apeso-Kubi and 2 villages, Asato with also Apaso and Akroso in the Fae district (Guan is spoken in Krakye and Nta (Salaga). Sephana is spoken in Kugye, Atonko, Aka, Guaman, Nsuta, Kagyabi, both Gyasekans, Borada, the Teteman villages. Biwri is spoken in the 3 Bowuri villages, Kephu in the 2 Akpaso villages, Siwu in the Santrokofi villages. Mohr comments that the linguistic position is exceptionally complicated and that the mission’s task is to work for order and unity now that the district is under a unified political authority, namely by preaching and teaching in one language - Twi. It is true that the missionaries find twi-speaking people all over the place, but they are often only individuals, and often foreigners. The conquering addicted Asantes under God's hand prepared the way for the mission in that where they established themselves - e.g. in Atwati the people learned Twi. Also many slaves have returned to their homeland from Asante with knowledge of a somewhat poor Twi. The ending of Asante control on the left bank of the Volta has resulted in people losing their knowledge of and Twi, and though the hundreds of rubber-traders from Kwahu, Kotoku and Akwapim might have revived it, these people in fact busy themselves in learning the social language which helps them to their goal. Nevertheless, the missionary task should be to give the people Twi as a unifying language, and writeable language and create a situation as at Late where the greater population speaks Guan and Twi. On policy in Buem, and indeed the Volta district generally, Mohr is against a Trans-Volta Middle School- They have reached the limits of the area in which they can teach in Twi and the school population is not big enough to sustain a middle school. He is also against taking great pains to teach German. The Bremen missionaries are not making much effort in this line - and if the Basel missionaries have to follow suit, he suggests following their system of qualified teachers stay in house of a missionary to learn German. In any case, in view of the fact that the English, with all their advantages, have failed to establish English as the common language on their part of the coast, there seems little hope of the Germans establishing theirs. Advising on the siting of a European missionary station in Buem Mohr dismisses Worawora on the grounds of bad water supply, and the huge rocks which make building on mission laud difficult. Akpafo might do, but, it is not central enough - this would be the case especially if the Buem mission were supposed to be regular visitors to Krakye. Tapa he recommends - a hill site, with water to drink, Odum (though no yellow afram for shingles, they would have to use metal tiles), stones, but apparently no large blocks in the way. Building materials could be brought up the Volta to the landing place at Fa-ohia-kobo and carried to Tapa for 1/6d per load. The main drawback about Tapa is that it has so few people. Amanya is rather more populous. Adele: He travelled into Adele from Kete Krakye via Kpatshu to Tutukple, a Tribu village as far as he could find out. This point is often difficult to establish, since until recently many of those villages lived quite cut off, and recognised only the authority of the fetish - Tutukple, for example, recognised the chief priest of the fetish Fruko in Dadease as an authority over them. From Tutukple he travelled through the Atwati villages, which he not read about before, with the exception of those on the road from Dadease to Perewu. These villages give him reason to suggest the founding of an Adele station, because without them the Adele district would not be significant enough to merit a European station. Tutukple, Aberewanko, Kokrong, Keri, and especially Nyamo are all populous places. If the latter were on the road to Tagyang, Fosogu and Basari to the North and Nta (to the West) with a good situation for health, that would be the place. Ketsubi, Odomase, Karontae, Dadease, Odome, Pewa and Okawu, like the chief fetish town Siare, all belong to Atwati, and are to the NW of Bismarckburg. Adele is reached from Atwati either by a western route through Dadease and Perewu, or by a northern route from Odome through Siare and Kyriringa (The western route was used by Rösler and Hall in 1895). It is an upland with only a few relatively small villages. Kadsenke, ¾ hour from Bismarckburg is now what Mohr had imagined from what he had heard - it is certainly high 650 m. cf. Bismarckburg 710m) and important in that in the Harmattan Season caravans from Yoruba and Tschantscho pass through it. Though even then it is an exception that Tschantscho caravan passes through Adele, because the Fosogu-Atwati route is more convenient for them. Nor do even the Adele people make a market place out of Hatsenke. On the other hand Adele would be the place for a station when one considers: 1. Anyanga can be made part of the district. There are only three villages in but they are large - Pali (?), Bofoli and Blitta. The latter is only one days' journey from Tschantscho. 2. Tribu could also be taken into the area. From this side it is the easiest ascent into Adele. Perhaps a teacher could be stationed in the village of Brewoaniase on the Pribu-Buem road, in order to visit the villages of Pusrapu, Nyakodome, Bontibo etc. Taking this two areas into consideration Adele (Katsenke) could be a suitab1e place for a mission station, being central, and taking its significance from its many important outstations. It also has the advantage in terms of health over Atwati and the valley of the Oti. The traffic towards Krakye is increasing - this is important because as the area is opened up, so it will be easier to get carriers and use money. At present nothing can be bought in the area for money - the only currency is little balls of rubber - you even have to buy eggs with these. Also the building of a mission house may change the picture, as it did in Abetifi and Begoro, with the injection of cash into the area. Over building Mohr reports that the necessary wood is present - Odum and mahogany - though not Afram for the shingles. If they can find no substitute he again suggests metal tiles which could be brought to Krakye by boat and then carried to Adele for 5/- per load. The priest-king of Siare has recently been taken prisoner by the Germans and sent to Lome. He had been involved in the Odum ordeal. (In a postscript Mohr reports that Mischlisch in a letter to him dd. 8 October tells of great joy in the area ever the imprisonment of the priest of Siare, Anyanga asking for the German flag, the number of pupils increasing from 14 to 29, and Anyanga and Pessi asking for a teacher.) The next step he writes would be to Fosogu or Tschantsche. The people in these districts speak Timu and not Hausa, and the language must be spoken by c40-60,000 people. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.65.VIII..176 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.65 - Ghana 1896: D-01.65.VIII. - Anum Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Report on Reconaissance Mission in the Interior of Togo Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 01.06.1886 Proper date: 01.06.1886 Description An account of the resource Small pox had broken out in Kukurantumi and Osu. As a result 1aws were passed in Begoro: - All dogs were to be driven out of the town - For 40 days no-one was to go on trek so as to avoid having the small pox brought back into the town. - No drums were to be beaten in order not accidentally to call the small pox. - No fufu was to be pounded after sundown. The most serious impact on the missionaries was that all their traffic with the outside world had to be by means or non-Begoro people, a situation aggravated by the fact that before everyone had gone out after snails for a week. The Begoro chief did not as Ata had requested, announce that peace had been arranged between the two sides. And when cases were brought before him by the Christians, he did not accept them. For example the priest Otobo in Asamanmma had forced a catechumen from Osino to kiss the fetish, and it had taken some pressure to get the Begoro chief to take this up. When there were complaints that the Christians living in Begoro town had not sent their dogs away as requested, Mohr told the king he should deal with such people according to his law, and sometime later the law was issued that Christians should live outside the town. Mohr reports a lively building programme in progress on mission land, though says he will say no more about it until all Christians had settled on mission land - this had never happened in 8 years. They have 10 young people as catechumen, some married. He is trying to ensure that that most difficult thing, grasping the elements of reading, has been completed before they are baptised. On a visit to Kibi in early May he found few Christians present. Those who have no craft are all in the forests collecting rubber. A command has recently come from the Governor via the Okyenhene to stop cutting down trees to gather rubber; but Mohr has heard several people say that no-one follows them into the forest. The 38 pupils at the community school in Begoro have shrunk to 10-12 again. Mohr has had several conversations with Ata in the course of the half-year, and has wondered at his friendliness. But he is still as sly as a fox. The Asuum elders who went to Accra for their case deliberately went via Kibi and met the Okyenhene. Sometime later Imm. Boakye received a letter from the Governor which ran: 'His Excellency regrets that he should have cause to be conveyed to you the information, that he is not ignorant of the nature of the relations between yourself and the King, and I am to impress upon you as you reside in the territory over which the King resides as Head Chief, the necessity of adopting such a course of action as will enable you to live on terms of amicable relationship with him and his people. I am to add that his excellency is not prepared to support the carrying out of proceedings on your part having for their object the bringing about of a disturbance of the peaceful relations between the King and his people or yourself.’ The fetish priest involved had declared that his fetish would aid him in stepping the 'Word of God' getting into Asuum. The latest infonmation is that the elders of Asuum have declared their willingness to take the case before the Okyenhene. Since Mohr was last in Kibi in 1882 it has gone down a long way. There are probably more Christians than heathen, and he estimtes the population at 700 (360 in the community). If the Christians left the town there would be little left other than the Residence. It would, of course, be better if the Christians were all on mission land – especially for the children who would thus not have 'custom' all the time before their eyes. The report ends with a complaint about the way though you can hear people praising the missionaries for risking their lives in Akim, the chorus of Akwpaim people working in Akem is almost unanimous, of dislike and wish to return home. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.45.IV..58 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.45 - Ghana 1886: D-01.45.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Report to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 29.07.1886 Proper date: 29.07.1886 Description An account of the resource A report of a conference of their local agents, which included an extended mask of studies for their evangelists. Mohr encouraged them to teach their catechumenate more biblical history, and sure of the life of Jesus: at the moment dares people at baptism were well informed on the catechism, but not the life of Jesus. Having fever one of the days he was forced to ask them to write a report on their community in letter form. He reports, that like many of the Basel Mission employees, they are not good at writing, and do not practice unless they have cause to write. He gave them some training in preaching, discussing especially what they should preach about, since he found they tended to preach from one group of texts - the Epistle e.g., or the Old Testament. Not one of them was preaching on the Words of Jesus. So he stressed the latter, and preaching descriptions of the Kingdom of God, and also the joyful news of the saviour from sin. In the part of the conference where the evangelists were encouraged to raise issues which worried them, Mohr mas happy to find that they all were interested in striving to create Christian villages. But the other point of major concern was the position over Asuum. Boakye pressed strongly for the missionaries' help in getting the matter sorted out, and so did a deputation of Asuum Christians who said that they had been prevented from going to get their property in their houses, and in any case did not want to leave since this would be a victory for the heathen. There was incomprehension why the English Government had done nothing when at Ata's re-enstoolment the English Officer had stressed that each side was to have complete religious freedom. – Ata had been operating in such a way that the Governor had wanted to keep out of the affair - when Boakye had gone to the Coast Ata had sent a letter to the Governor asking him to stay out of the case, he Ata had had repeated messages from Asuum that Boakye’s's property was safe, and that he could come to Asuum to fetch it away. The evangelists feared that more trouble would follow. They complain that they obey English law, pay their tax under English law before they marry, but are not properly protected. In the conference for pastors the first period was concerned with the congregational census records (generally filled in faultily - e.g. no distinction being made between adult and child baptisms), and the new forms of the Marriage Ordinance. Another session was concerned with marriage. The new Ordinance was one problem - it concerns only a small proportion of the population - the Christians – and involves the Akim Christians in long journeys to go through the proper procedure. So many are simply marrying, and though then excluded, are received back after a year provided they have conducted themselves well in the interim. The problem of the lack of Christian girls of marriageable age still affects some communities - in Begoro there has been only one Christian girl married, all the time Mohr has been on the station. Another problem is the lack of consistency over blessings of marriages, for of the 93 marriages of which Mohr is aware among Akim Christians, only 51 have been either concluded in church or blessed. Though a Christian married to a heathen could not have his marriage blessed, obviously some marriages between Christians are not blessed either. This is important, because the Christians themselves make a distinction between a blessed and an unblessed marriage, and the partners do not regard themselves as fully bound if they have not been through one of the Christian liturgies. This sort of marriage is called 'woanhyira so e', and is a sign that the parties do not trust each other fully, or perhaps have not yet been blessed with a child, since if they do not get children they will absolutely refuse to stick together. But the problem goes further than simply that. The marriages of several presbyters in Kibi and Asiakwa, Teachers Gyima and Oforidee," Evang.-candidate Apeakese are all not blessed. It would be difficult to enforce a general blessing of marriages - many would be against it. And many people want a small door behind them in case of difficulties. At a catechist's conference the missionaries suggested that their sermons were too long. Among the reasons for this offered by the catechists were insufficient preparation, and the habit of taking a long text and going through it verse by verse. Mohr reports one question raised by Catechist Anoba at another session - should he accept into the community in Anyinam slaves who have fled from their masters in Kwahu? Such slaves’ masters usually follow soon after, and then there is a 'palaver'. Anoba complained that since the bulk of these people are virtual1y unable to speak Twi instruction is virtually impossible, and he often gets into severe difficulties with their masters. Mohr replied that if he took in one of these poor people every now and again, that was only his duty. If they submitted to the rules he should not send them away. In the case of a woman with a child or children she should be sent on to Kukurantumi or better still Begoro, to be safe from the danger of her children being thieved away from her. He remarks in a digression that the 'Donko' families in Anyinam and Kukurantumi have an industriousness which is shown off to advantage by the Akim background. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.45.IV..60 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.45 - Ghana 1886: D-01.45.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Report to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 17.02.1887 Proper date: 17.02.1887 Description An account of the resource He returned to Begoro from Acora with a military escort oh 16th February Previously after much effort Simonds had persuaded Ata to leave for Accra on January 8th, a few days previously Bosompem and the two other accused had been taken to the coast under military escort, though Ata complained that they would be influenced in their evidence if the case was heard in Accra. All the Kibi Christians went under police escort to Mampong, where they waited until Ata was at Obom before going fight down to the coast. Mohr himself received instructions to go to the coast on 18th January, arrived there on 24th, but the case was never investigated because Ata fell ill almost immediately. The Governor had intended to have a political investigation of relations between Ata and the Christians over the whole period from 1874. Its members had been named as Quaty Jones, Att. General, president, Mr Cleland as representing the Ata,- and Sunter as the Mission's representative. This has however collapsed now, Ata is dead. The missionaries could not let things rest, of course and eventually got Bosompem free on £150 bail. They also had to press for a decision as to Bosompem's innocence, the extorted money and compensation paid for the plundered farms. With the death of the Okyenhene things took on a serious aspect. Unfortunately the Governor allowed the body to be taken straight back to Kibi, and in View of the fact that strife between Christians and heathens-was likely during the excesses of the custom for him, all Kibi Christians were forbidden from returning to Kibi. In the streets of Osu this was turned into the belief that the Governor had given countenance to all Christians leaving Akim. Mohr had submitted two documents to the Governor, one on 10th February on what he believed was currently happening in Akim, and one signed by the Osu missionaries rehearsing the events of 17-26 December 1886 and asking if the missionaries and the Akim Christians could on the whole reckon on being under English protection. This resulted in a Council being held, and the sending of an officer with 60 troops: obviously at present the Government is doing something. On the morning of 12th February Mohr travelled alone to Aburi, but was not allowed to go further except in the convoy of soldiers and notifying the officer of his movement: In Aburi they met a special messenger who reported that the Apapam and Tete people especially had been causing damage - windows were broken in in the Kibi mission house, furniture and the stations' library looted, the shutters taken off and taken away. In the church the harmonium, altar and pulpit had been burned, Christian houses were demolished, boxes etc. found were looted. It was said that the Akims were especially angry with Mohr for having caused the death of the King and bringing an evil destiny onto Akim through his report to the Governor. It was even said that the Tafo and Osiem people were prepared to shoot him, though in fact the arrival of the troops caused a healthy shock in Akim and there was no trouble when he went through these two settlements en route for Begoro. In Begoro he found no Christians - on Ata's death the order had come from Kibi to chase Christians and missionaries away, but Sitzler had persuaded the Begoro people - on the whole well-disposed to them- to give him and Mrs Mohr time to call porters from Akwapim. A few days later 50 Koforidua people arrived, demanding 5-l0/- a day. They were sent away again. Their situation is currently uncertain. Some people believe that there will be war, since the Kibis know that they will not go unpunished. Others think it will not come to this - the missionaries pray daily that no war may come about since that would involve their leaving Akim for a time. The Station presents a stirring spectacle, with the soldiers drilling morning and evening, and living in the Christian village. Captain Lethbridge is so far, thank God, well. Mohr presents a comprehensive and gloomy picture of the situation in Akim, with the services being held only in one instead of 25 places, chapels damaged, Christians robbed, sheep and shepherds wandering to Kwahu, Akwapim and the coast. He is uncertain even whether the community in Kibi would return if there was an English officer stationed there. In a final paragraph on the activities of the local agents he remarks that Anoff in Apapam had the courage to stay at his post, and to go to the local chief and tell him that he held him responsible for the safety of mission preperty. Ntom and Kukurantumi and Tete in Asiakwa also stayed at their posts. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.47.IV..67 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.47 - Ghana 1887: D-01.47.IV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Report to Basel Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 28.05.1877 Proper date: 28.05.1877 Description An account of the resource On the subject of peoples’ attitudes to the Mission he reports a general disillusionment with the fetish priests. People often say to him that they do not believe in the fetishes but they are afraid. It is true that there are other problems hindering the development of the Christian community, especially the problem of indebtedness. Once in debt there is little chance for people to escape, since apart from working for the mission there is no way of earning money – there is no market in Begoro, and if they take up trade it can only be in spirits (They are very worried indeed about the question what economic activities to take up on the mission station). He speaks about the people, thus implying that he is speaking about the limits imposed on them by slavery. No mention is made of the salt or snail trade. Another reason for the slowness of the development of the Christian community is that the elders are unhappy about the prospect of the disappearance of dancing and traditional customs. The fetish priests are in a precarious position because they see that their religion is laughed at and no longer believed in, and they do not wish to lose their influence. Yet their efforts to impress people with their mad liturgies carry little weight with the younger people, and more and more people are conscious that they are not working for the good of the people. He had recently been asked to intervene by two of the Christians - Jacob Su and Petro Saw – because a relative of them had died, and an old fetish priestess has claimed that her fetish had killed him, and therefore his body should be thrown away in the bush and not buried. Mohr took the body and had it buried on mission land, to the joy of the family. At the same time he came to the conclusion that the man had been killed by poison. He was young and healthy, but had become suddenly ill, and died within two weeks. Since then 5 people from the same family had died, all in their prime. Mohr thinks that it is his grandmother who is indeed that same fetish priestess, who has caused the death. She is old and lame and sick, and since she can no longer take attendants with her by having them killed at her funeral, she is poisoning them beforehand. He visited her and accused her of this to her face in talking to people about her he seems to have stressed that he could only see in her a poor old woman who was a trouble to herself as well as to other people; that her activities were putting her in danger of the wrath of God; and that by the fetish was to be found only slavery and death, and that she could chose the peace of the Christian community (There is no information about the woman and her fetish except that it had a house with doors painted outside in with white earth, and apparently some men keeping the house who would not let Mohr in although the woman had invited him to see the fetish. There also seems a tendency to regard the woman herself as the fetish). Speaking about the surrounding villages Mohr reports interest, but also some misapprehensions. Many people think that to become a Christian is to become looked after. Many say openly that if their – say 10 Thaler – are paid, then they will become Christians. There is also a widespread wish for the missionaries to come to individual villages and build new houses – the people would thus always have someone to serve. Nevertheless he considers, given healthy and one or two effective catechist, they could have outstations in every village between Begoro and Kibi and Begoro and Anyimam. Fankyeneko he has recommended especially as a site for a catechist. This partly because it is the crossroad where the Kukurantumi-Anyinam-Abetifi road crosses the Asiakwa-Begoro road. Of only the government would create some employment by sponsoring road building, things could go ahead faster, but there is no market centre in Akim and thus no future in each farming until the way to the coast is easier. Fankyeneko also seems a good site for a catechist in that 9 men have just come forward as baptismal candidates there. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..248 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Second Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 29.06.1876 Proper date: 29.06.1876 Description An account of the resource Apparently printed in full as an appendix to the Mission's annual report for 1876 (pp 113ff). Further news of the building operation and the collection of snails, outline news of the first baptisms and a short note on pawning etc in this part of Akim. A school has been opened. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.IX..232b Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.IX. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Second Quarterly Report for 1876 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 07.09.1877 Proper date: 07.09.1877 Description An account of the resource A description of the consecration ceremonies in the church on Ascension Day. They like Abetifi had had great difficulties putting up swish with the frequent rains. They were visited by Werner from Abetifi, the Boys Boarding School pupils from Kibi, the Kukurantumi congregation under Koranteng their catechist. All dressed in white European-style clothes, and al carrying an umbrella (Mohr was clearly scandalised by this, though he seems to have done no more than preach to his congregation later that clothes do not make a Christian). A catechist came from Odumase too, but lost his way en route and was three days late. They had a harmonium on the station, but sadly no bell. The whole population of Begoro came to the ceremony, and the chief was in the chapel both in the morning and evening celebrations. The Kibi boys sang a three-part hymn, then the whole congregation sang ‘Lobet den Herrn’ (Komfo Jehova); to hear it sung by so many people made a deep impression on everyone. David Asante was unable at the last moment to attend to preach the sermon, so that Simon Koranteng was asked to do that; Heb. 4vvv14-16 over Jesus the great high priest. Then the Begoro children sang ‘Yen asem ye yen, Awurade’. 4 men, 2 boys a little child, and 4 women were baptised. The service ended with another three-part hymn from the Kibi boys. During the whole long event the people there were all eyes and ears, very quiet. After this a meal was served for the people from outside Begoro – plantain fufu, chicken, monkey, or fish. Palm-oil or groundnuts. The afternoon service began with the hymn ’Me ne me fi’ (Ich und mein Haus will dem Herrn dienen), and then there were short speeches from Missionaries Glatzle, Werner and catechist Meier from Kibi. The Begoro catechist then gave a short sermon about marriage, and then they proceeded to the first Christian marriages in the new church – there were three pairs. The names of the pairs are given as Mose and Johanna, Johannes and Sophie, Jakob and Julie. Each mother had a baby in arms with her. Right at the end of the marriage service there was a terrific thunderclap right over the church. The weekly liturgy set up in the church is – Sundays a service and a two-hour Sunday school for old and young - morning prayers at 5.45 for the people of the station, and evening prayers to which people from the town come. There are prayer meetings twice a week also. The school is held in the chapel each weekday. Less than 6 weeks later Joseph Owosu died (he had been called Joseph Su in earlier reports). He is pictured as having died as a faithful Christian, praying to be taken to heaven since he was no good here below (his limbs we swelling up), and asking for and receiving the sacrament. Hid widow Hanna stayed on the station, though Mohr heard later that she had accused an Akwapim man of killing her husband and her only son (he dies less than a month later). The missionaries reckoned they had lost, so far as they could judge, the ‘strongest’ Christian on the station – he was an earnest man, and full of faith like a child. A school examination was held. Several boys can already read and write and make calculations. They are weak on biblical history, but Catechist Obeng is to blame since he makes them learn it off by heart, and they soon forget. Several of the boys have been chased out of their homes by their relatives and are Christian refugees on the station. School attendance is often very irregular, however, mainly on account of work with the snails. Despite the rain the Catechist Obeng has been visiting the villages in the valley below Begoro. In Fankyeneko the Baptist candidates now number 9 men, 2 women, 3 children. He has also visited Gyampomani, - formerly a large town mostly inhabited by Begoro people, which has been depopulated by strife between the inhabitants. Dwenase has also been visited – a town about the size of Fankyeneko. There is a subscript to the letter from Buck (treasurer) in Christiansborg. The shortage of carpenters is acute in Christiansborg too; Brother Seeger is having to put up his wages also. The great problem seems to be the demand for carpenters in Lagos. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.29.XIV..249 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.29 - Ghana 1877: D-01.29.XIV. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Third Quarter's Report for 1877 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 05.10.1876 Proper date: 05.10.1876 Description An account of the resource They are using an asphalted sheet as a temporary roof for the chapel. Over labour and labour troubles; all their Larteh people have left them at the end of August – their most skilled, most hard-working, and most reliable men. Only one skilled mason remains. They have to pay him 2/-per day, most of it has gone on rum. The Begoro people are very angry with him. It was hunger which drove the Larteh people home, so there is some hope that they will return, though there is some danger also that they will find work with the government. Shortage of foodstuffs is widely felt however, not only in terms of meat supplies but also plantains. Palmwine is the only thing in good supply. The trouble seems to be that during the Asante war they did not make any more farms in Begoro. In August they had a strike of their unskilled labour force. At the beginning they had paid the boys a half-dollar each week. But quite soon the supply of labour outstripped the demand in this particular field, and although each Monday they took on 30-40 boys they had to send many away without work. They were thus able to reduce the wages, taking people who were willing to accept 1/3d per day. On Monday 21 August no boys came to work, and they soon heard that the youth of Begoro had sworn an oath or made a law that no further work should be done unless the old payment of 2/3d per week was revivied. Anybody working for the missionaries would be fined 2/3d. The missionaries carried on for two weeks without these people (they seem to have worked especially with the masons). Then they tried to get individuals who wanted to work, to come to work, but they were punished. Mohr got the chief to call them to him and tell them to go back to work, but they said they would not. Mohr then took steps to make a formal charge against them (he explains to the reader that to do this one gave accusation money to the chief, and they were reimbursed by a like sum being fined from the defendant if he were found guilty; it is not clear exactly what the charge was). The accusation money in this case was one dollar and the four ring-leaders were called to answer the charge. The palaver was a long one and Mohr stated in it that he was concerned to see the 4 ringleaders punished because they had prevented people who wanted to work for 3d a day working, and had punished some who had worked. He wanted to see their law against working for less than 6d per day repealed. He also pointed out that it was a pity for Begoro itself that all work had stopped on the station - it turns out from a parenthetical comment that Mohr had forbidden any Begoro man from working on the station unless he brought a boy with him. This failed however, because the older ones were the plaything of the young ones. He went on to ask the king as his friend if it were not true that by his own free will he had come from Europe because the Begoro people wanted a mission station - and whether he had not done good for the town, teaching people to do work they had never done before, and paying them for their work? He could also point to people standing around the palaver place by name, and asking them how much they had earned each day explained to the king that some people were skilled, some people were unskilled but hard-working and reliable, and some were unskilled and lazy. He made his point, and the boys came back to work to scales of 3d daily for boys, 6d daily for men, 9d daily for people on particularly demanding work like stone breaking, and digging up Odum stumps. Lawyers and Masons from other towns are paid 1/- and 2/- Discussing the building of the Christian community Mohr says that in view of Glatzle's illnesses in this third quarter all the baptismal instruction has been undertaken by the catechist. He has instructed the catechist to lay especial emphasis on reading, so that all Christians can read the Bible. He is not sorry to see' people proceeding slowly to baptism; as he has more experience on the station he knows more and more about -the mistakes and failings of the people, and so can give them more and more pointed instructions. In any case several of the baptismal candidates will have to be struck off Ewabena Dako, for example, -has slept with two of the king's wives, and has been fined 36 dollars. This is an impossible sum, and he will find it hard to turn back. Kwasi Kuma, an apprentice carpenter, had never made a good impression. Though outwardly friendly he has a streak of the barrack room lawyer,-and-is in his element playing the master. At his first announcing himself as a baptismal candidate he said he had only one wife from whom in any case he had been separated for a long time. But now Mohr has heard, quite by coincidence that he is.maintaining his wife in Begoro and has another in Asiakwa. Also he is often drunk, and one Sunday beat Catechist Obeng in the public street, on the grounds that Obeng was giving him a bad name with the missionaries. (Obeng asked to be allowed to lay a charge against the man in Accra, Mohr thought it better to send the matter to the General Conference, and for them to send it on the Accra. The British Commandant has sent Obeng a present, and Kuma a sharp warning.) On the other hand the small community of the already baptised gives the missionaries much joys, and stands on its own feet in deciding what is best, and they give also to announce the reacceptance of a Christian previously excluded. Timotheo Late, from Lartey, Glatzle’s main support in the carpentry shop. He was excluded a time ago from the Larteh congregation by Asante, for 'falling’ in Akim. Opoku from Larteh had written to them that he was sincerely hoping to be re-accepted, and the missionaries have been entirely at peace with him. At the service the sermon was based on Luke 19v 20 and his reacceptance was signified by shaking of the hand. In his concluding paragraph Mohr talks about the usefulness of having the Christians on the station as they soon will. It will enable the missionaries to notice how they conduct themselves in their home life. And he is looking forward to another baptismal service. (There is a footnote from Buck to Christiansborg that the workers on the Fort had recently struck for a rise from 9d to 1/- per day.) Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context D-01.28.IX..234 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: D - Ghana: D-01 - Incoming correspondence from Ghana up to the outbreak of the First World War: D-01.28 - Ghana 1876: D-01.28.IX. - Begoro Title A name given to the resource Mohr's Third Quarterly report for 1876 https://www.bmarchives.org/files/original/100203004 e099f54efd4aba6472b043a622168d0a Map Map Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. 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Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rapp, Eugen Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1931 Proper date: 1931 Description An account of the resource Zusammenfassung: Dissertation in ""Die Mischna"" 11. Trakt. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 60 Seiten Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context R.I.0040 Subject The topic of the resource [Institutions]: Rapp, Eugen [Institutions]: Verl. von A. 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Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A.Sch-1,01 Subject The topic of the resource [Individuals]: Kilpper, Christian Gotthilf [Institutions]: [s.n.] [Geography]: Moijen [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Betriebsdokumentation: Europäische Sprachen: A - China: A.Sch-1 - Vervielfältigungen, Konvolute Title A name given to the resource Moi-jen, einst und jetzt https://www.bmarchives.org/files/original/51968 0f61a5011ff17d35fe1df4a78b3c734f Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Fiechter, Verena (Ms) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 01.01.1948 Date late: 31.12.1950 Proper date: 01.01.1948-31.12.1950 Acquisition year: 1950 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [Format]: 5.5cm x 8.3cm [Condition]: medium [Type of support]: cardboard [Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A-30.83.050 Subject The topic of the resource [Individuals]: Fiechter, Verena (Ms) [Photographers / Photo Studios]: Fiechter, Verena (Ms) [Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: China {other geogr names}: Meijiang (river) {other geogr names} [Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: Guangdong {province}: Meixian {district}: Meixian {place} [Themes]: travel and transport: means and types of transport: boat [Themes]: environment: physical environment: river [Themes]: architecture and settlement: settlement: town [Archives catalogue]: Images: A: A-30: China. III. Mission a) stations, ordered alphabetically, Hong Kong, Kayin, Kitschung, Longheu, Laolung, Tschonglok, b) missionaries. Title A name given to the resource Moifluss u. Stadt. Moi River and town. https://www.bmarchives.org/files/original/63595 aa80ad184b722cce04925990f3c07e25 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 01.01.1935 Date late: 31.12.1951 Proper date: 01.01.1935-31.12.1951 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [Format]: 6.8cm x 9.8cm [Condition]: good - medium [Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context QA-30.011.0039 Subject The topic of the resource [Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: Guangdong {province} [Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: China {other geogr names}: Meijiang (river) {other geogr names} [Themes]: travel and transport: means and types of transport: boat [Themes]: environment: physical environment: river [Themes]: environment: physical environment: river: river scene [Themes]: architecture and settlement: settlement: town [Archives catalogue]: Images: QA: QA-30: untitled Title A name given to the resource Moifluss u. Stadt. The Moi River and the town. https://www.bmarchives.org/files/original/63483 20d6a30e3e31a7e20cfc8d604f4dfc57 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Schmid, Rosa (Ms) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 01.01.1946 Date late: 31.12.1951 Proper date: 01.01.1946-31.12.1951 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource [Format]: 6cm x 8.2cm [Condition]: medium [Process]: b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context QA-30.008.0015 Subject The topic of the resource [Individuals]: Schmid, Rosa (Ms) [Photographers / Photo Studios]: Schmid, Rosa (Ms) [Geography]: Asia {continent}: China {modern state}: Guangdong {province}: Meixian {district}: Meixian {place} [Themes]: formal description: architectural view [Themes]: architecture and settlement: architectural detail: balustrade [Themes]: economy and daily life: domestic economy: domestic scene [Themes]: economy and daily life: domestic economy: laundry [Themes]: environment: physical environment: river: river bank [Themes]: architecture and settlement: architectural detail: roof: tiled roof [Themes]: architecture and settlement: settlement: town [Themes]: architecture and settlement: architectural detail: veranda [Archives catalogue]: Images: QA: QA-30: Photographs from the hospital in Moiyen and its environs, from the 1940s. Sister Rösli Schmid. Handed to the Archive December 1983. Title A name given to the resource Moijen am Fluss. Moijen on the river. Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1904 Date late: 1906 Proper date: 1904-1906 Description An account of the resource Sketch drawing of the front of the "Western School". 1904. Kastler. Formerly in A-1.38b, 147. Sketch plan for the re-building of the school at M. 1906. Leonhardt? Formerly in A-1.40, 217. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A-31.6,06 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: A - China: A-31 - China Maps: A-31.6 - China. Stationspläne Laulung bis Tschongtshun. Title A name given to the resource Moilim Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1890 Proper date: 1890 Description An account of the resource Letters Nos. 135-142, by Kammerer and station conference. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A-01.24 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: A - China: A-01 - Letters and reports from China / Briefe und Berichte aus China: A-01.24 - China 1890 Title A name given to the resource Moilim Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1908 Proper date: 1908 Description An account of the resource Letters Nos. 169-170, by J. Leonhardt and E. Lipp. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A-01.44 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: A - China: A-01 - Letters and reports from China / Briefe und Berichte aus China: A-01.44 - China 1908 Title A name given to the resource Moilim Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1909 Proper date: 1909 Description An account of the resource Nos. 143-144, by J. Leonhardt. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context A-01.46 Subject The topic of the resource [Archives catalogue]: Guides / Finding aids: Archives: A - China: A-01 - Letters and reports from China / Briefe und Berichte aus China: A-01.46 - China 1909 Title A name given to the resource Moilim Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Date early: 1910 Proper date: 1910 Description An account of the resource Nos. 173-174, by J. Leonhardt. 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